Jean

Meaning: God is gracious
Origin: French (from Hebrew)

Boy's name · #1172 in the US (2025) · Timeless

66% boys · 34% girls — For most of its history Jean was overwhelmingly a girls' name; since around 1992 most babies named Jean have been boys. Jean →

Popularity over time

Jean holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1172 in 2025). About 25,000 boys have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Jean is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 11 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Jean ranks in other countries and regions.

#98 in Ecuador (2025) · #102 in France (2025) · #114 in Belgium (2025) · #114 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #456 in Switzerland (2025) · #974 in Netherlands (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #1,521 in Austria (2025) · #877 in Canada (2024).

Famous Jeans

Jean de La Fontaine — French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)
Jean Cocteau — French writer and filmmaker (1889–1963)
Jean Racine — French dramatist (1639–1699)
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert — French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717–1783)
Jean Piaget — Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic (1896–1980)

In stories & tradition

Jean Valjean — Les Misérables (book)
Jean Passepartout — Around the World in Eighty Days (book)
Jean Pierre Polnareff — JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (manga)

What Jeans become

Among 18,589 notable people named Jean:

Lawyers & judges appear 3.12× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jean Bodin, French jurist (1530–1596).

Similar names: Salvatore · Jimmy · Vito · Melvin · Marlin · Jules

Browse more boy names — popularity, trends and eras for 5,700+ American names, free.

About · Privacy Policy · Terms of Service